That's very interesting, if true. Puerto Rico was just recognized this year by the ISU as a provisional member (so is Argentina). I believe they are just now in the process of building the first ice rink on that island. Most of the athletes who will compete for them live and train in the U.S.

Last I heard, he was intending to try to qualify for 2006 US Nationals through regionals/sectionals, so apparently he has changed his mind on the Puerto Rico issue.

Aside from that, he does a lot of coaching and choreography around Minneapolis. I saw him perform in a club show in the Spring... his jumps were hit/miss, but one of the cool things I saw him do was a spiral sequence (with no intervening steps) direct into a double axel (which he did land).

Rohene Ward plans to compete at the Broadmoor Open in Colorado Springs later this month and at the Liberty club competition in Aston, PA, in mid-July. He has the option of competing for Puerto Rico in the future if he chooses to do so (he didn't enter Puerto Rican Nationals this April).